On Sustainability Day, national yogurt maker Stonyfield Organic announced a key milestone in its climate efforts: a new commitment to use 100% renewable electricity at its Londonderry, New Hampshire, manufacturing facility by the end of 2022, ahead of schedule, through its purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) and by supporting the construction of new solar […]
The number of active users of myGov increased to 20 million over the past year, up from 18.7 million in 2019-20, the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) said. The update to myGov’s user count was revealed as part of the DTA’s latest annual report [PDF], which added that the myGovID app’s download count almost doubled to […]
This Jeep Wrangler Overlook concept for SEMA has an added third row of seats. It’s a foot longer than a standard Wrangler four-door and the roof is five inches higher. The Overlook also has other Jeep accessories including upgraded shocks and fancier leather upholstery. Jeep is taking a page from the Land Rover Defender’s book […]
NV Energy has tapped Stanley Consultants to perform owner’s engineering for the Dry Lake Solar photovoltaic solar project. The 150-MW Dry Lake solar project will be located 20 miles northeast of Las Vegas in a designated federal solar energy zone. It includes a battery storage system capable of storing 400 MWh and delivering 100 MW […]
NCS has acquired a majority stake in Australian cloud consultancy, Eighty20 Solutions, as part of efforts to expand its footprint in the country. The move comes after it bought out another Australia-based cloud services vendor last month. Singtel-subsidiary and systems integrator NCS said Friday the Eighty20 acquisition would bolster support for customers Down Under in […]
Using Sustainable Product Configuration to Enable Customer Choice Traditionally, when we think about the cost of a product, we’re thinking mainly in financial terms. But this isn’t the only form of cost. Increasingly, a new measure that’s taking on more importance for buyers – and regulators – is the carbon footprint cost. NREL Enables Affordable […]
The surging cost of manufacturing materials and shipping could threaten 50 GW — a staggering 56% — of the 90 GW of global utility PV developments planned for 2022, a Rystad Energy analysis shows. Commodity price inflation and supply chain bottlenecks could lead to the postponement or even cancellation of some of these projects, impacting […]
Australian Federal Police (AFP) has ordered an individual to forfeit AU$1.66 million for stealing the log-ins and passwords for Hulu, Netflix, and Spotify accounts. The culprit, based in Sydney, conspired with another individual from the US to steal the log-ins and passwords of streaming service customers and then sold them online at a cheaper rate. […]
Many investments made by manufacturers over the past two years delivered new capabilities and efficiencies that should be carried forward as manufacturers look to the future in search of new business growth. Four Lessons Manufacturers Learned from the Pandemic Naveen Poonian, CEO, | iBASEt A year and a half into the pandemic, the manufacturing industry […]
smartbuildingmag.com 28 {{ “2021-10-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-10-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-10-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Siemens News Siemens Smart Infrastructure and its partners, Sagemcom and Bitė Lietuva, are participating in the rollout of 1.2 million smart meters across Lithuania. Siemens will provide Lithuanian distribution system operator ESO […]